Solar Panels
Solar panels that earn their keep.
Generate your own electricity. Cut your bill. Get paid for what you don't use. Installed by MCS-certified engineers across the UK.
Panel warranty
Typical bill reduction
Average UK payback
Output retained at year 25
How solar actually works.
What goes on your roof?
A row of tier-1 photovoltaic panels, mounted to your roof tiles using purpose-built brackets. Most 3-bed homes fit 8 to 14 panels, producing 3.5 to 6 kW. Panels are wired together and connected to an inverter, usually in your loft or garage.
The inverter converts the direct current the panels produce into the alternating current your home uses. From there, your existing wiring carries the electricity to your plugs, just like grid power.
What happens to the electricity?
Three things, in order. First, your home uses what it needs. Second, any leftover goes into your battery (if you have one). Third, anything still spare exports to the grid, where your supplier pays you for it via the Smart Export Guarantee.
On a sunny day in summer, a typical home will use about 30 percent of what it generates and export the rest. Adding a battery flips this. You store 70-80 percent and only export the surplus.
Does it work in the UK?
Yes. The UK gets enough sun to make solar pay for itself. London and the south coast generate slightly more than the north of Scotland, but the difference is smaller than people think, roughly 15 percent over a year.
Panels produce most of their annual output between March and October. December and January are quiet but not nothing. The maths still works because UK electricity prices are high enough that even a modest generation cuts a meaningful chunk off the bill.
Every install includes.
- Tier-1 monocrystalline panels
- String inverter with monitoring
- All-black or all-silver frames (your choice)
- Bird mesh under the array
- DC isolators and AC isolators
- Generation meter
- MCS certificate (for your SEG application)
- 25-30 year panel warranty
- 10-12 year inverter warranty
- Monitoring app for your phone
- Battery-ready wiring (free, even if no battery today)
Panels we fit, and why.
Aiko
465W / 485W
Premium all-black panels from one of the world's most respected solar manufacturers. The choice when how the panels look matters as much as how they perform.
DMEGC
515W
High-output panels that maximise generation from the roof space you have. A strong fit for homes where every extra watt counts.
We pick the panel that fits your roof, your budget and what matters most to you. We'll talk you through the options on the quote call.
Will your roof work?
South-facing
Best case. Typical 6 kW system on a south-facing roof in the UK generates 5,500-6,500 kWh a year.
East or west-facing
Still excellent. Roughly 80-85% of south-facing output. Some homes split the array east-west on a hipped roof and end up with a flatter generation curve through the day, which can match household usage better.
North-facing
Possible but rarely worth it on its own. If your roof is mainly north-facing, we'll usually say solar isn't the right call. We'd rather lose the sale than fit a system that disappoints.
Flat roof
Yes, on ballasted mounts angled south. The array sits on top of the roof rather than puncturing it. Performance is good, payback typically 1-2 years longer than a pitched south-facing roof.
Shaded
Depends. A bit of shade in the morning or evening is fine. Heavy shade across the middle of the day is a problem. We use optimisers or microinverters in shaded scenarios to recover most of the loss.
Not sure what your roof counts as? We'll tell you on the call. Send a postcode.